Issue Definition in State Economic Development Policy |
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| Authors: | Keith Boeckelman |
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| Affiliation: | Keith Boeckelman;is an assistant professor of political science at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. His primary research interests are in the areas of public policy, especially economic development, and state government. |
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| Abstract: | This paper examines whether an "issue definition" perspective developed by Baumgartner and Jones (1993) can account for the dynamics of state economic development policy. The analysis centers on a case study of Louisiana, and shows that efforts to redefine tax exemptions as a threat to the environment were only partially successful in leading to policy change. I speculate on the reasons for this failure, concluding with the fact that special conditions made it harder to redefine the economic development issue there. I argue further that the dynamics of issue redefinition differ by issue type and according to the level of government responsible for a particular policy. |
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